Memphis Releases Video of Officers Beating Tyre Nichols

Statistically, officers are still overwhelmingly the good guys and in the right the overwhelming amount of time. Anecdotes like these are serving the far left communist anti police propaganda.

 

As if even a shithole, wouldn't have higher standards.

 

Has there really been much "violence ensuing the release of this video," to speak of? Remember, this is Friday night. Zero violence in Memphis-- and another poster even mentioned New York City-- I would guess, would probably be atypical.

 

I don't think they all react like that and I think some cops have truly good intentions but the problem is that whole blue wall of silence thing even the best of cops will lie for their comrades.

And I don't care how good of a cop they are and how nice they are to you, remember at the end of the day a cop is not your friend.

It is always best to comply and live to see another day and if you feel there is some problem work it out in the court system

 

When they were punching and kicking his head like a soccer ball there 5, right after there were like 8 or more milling around.

 

You took the words right out of my mouth!! Agree 100%. I was astounded to read what he posted and your summary nails it.

 

As of this morning I haven’t heard of anything.

 

You got it.

 

Yes.

 

Since the defund agenda has caused the standards to be lowered, we can expect to see more of this. The standards had already been inching down for decades.

This article is from 2016...

https://www.police1.com/police-jobs...ards-for-accepting-recruits-3uCEoz8NBnvmy1G1/

The recruiting problem gotten worse since.

 

I don’t disagree with the part about rioting etc but I think the mentality of many police departments around the nation need to change.

 

A retired police officer here in the DFW area put it this way, the police officers did not control their emotions and escalated the situation from the very get-go. From the local news last night, all officers, off camera, said "they were disgusted by what they say" and said the officers in question violated every procedure in the situation. Personally, I think this was worse than the Rodney King beating in LA.

 

I don't. The whole affair went south from the very get-go. It was unnecessary except maybe the tackling of Trye Nichols when he ran away. But I can understand why he ran away, He was scared for his life even though he did not do anything to deserve the escalation. It appears the police officers were literally trying to provoke him into doing something stupid and assumed a lot before even getting him a chance to comply.

But now that they have been charged, the real question is whether or not the trial should be held in Shelby County in a year or two. If it is not and sent to a rural area, I think they will get off. But if it is sent to another city in TN, then they may be found guilty once all the evidence is presented to a jury.

 

Let's assume he was driving under the influence, and I think that is a big assumption.

The second he ran away from his vehicle, the danger to the community was over. They had the vehicle. He wasn't going to be drunk driving anywhere after that.

Why chase him at all? They would have been able to figure out who he was, issue a warrant, and keep the vehicle until he was apprehended.

The police always act like they are chasing a terrorist in the act of committing an attack.

 

Recruiting has nothing to do with defunding the police. Recruiting is an internal problem and an internal cultural problem if they are accepting applicants to become police offficers that really shouldn't. Police nowadays really want veterans with specific MOS, namely those who have militiary police training either as their pirmary or secondary MOS. I have no problems with that type of recruiting, but sometimes it can create issues down the line if the veteran has undiagnosed anger issues or the department keeps that under wraps throughout the training because they are so hard up for candidates. `Some police departments, like the NYPD and the LAPD still require you to take the civil service exam for entry into the police accademy and only those who are in the top 5% or so are accepted.

For 2022, it is unprecedented with the hiring difficulties of retaining police recruits or even finding them. With larger police departments, like Dallas PD, their main problem is after training the police officer, that officer will go to one of the suburban cities to get higher pay and better benefits. Dallas is not exactly known for high-profile killings like Tyre Nichols, and even the city is having problems hiring police officers and firefighters. Dallas main problem is pay. And the city and the DPD have had issues with pay and benefits for over 20 years now. Given that city like Memphis and Dallas are primarily funded by sales tax and property taxes for their operations, it is a unique problem in trying to stretch those tax dollars while prioritizing the various needs from potholes and street maintenance to police and firefighter pay.

https://www.police1.com/police-recr...hiring-and-keeping-recruits-pFiTKCXrne6ccNfB/

 

It's horrible, has to be more to this. I mean he fought the whole time make no mistake about it but wasn't attempting to injure the officers. I've never understood why people want to fight with cops or resist. Something was going through this dude's head, he ran, they caught him, and it calmed down for a bit then he wouldn't let them handcuff him, why? The kids of today need a dose of reality, do not run nor resist arrest, there is always a lawyer that will fight for you, especially if you are black and wrongfully arrested.

Either way, these f'ers need to be thrown in jail and face the wrath that's coming their way, and it's coming! I haven't ruled out more to the story here because it's so bad it doesn't make sense. This has ZERO racial component and thank God the paid protesters that were all staying in the city's most famous and most expensive hotel, the Peabody, didn't get their way. Poor little white elitist trying to bait blacks into burning their city down. I can't believe black people let themselves get baited by these little rich paid performers. You literally had white protesters shutting down both bridges, <Mod Edit>

 

People don't want to be cops in the current anti-cop environment. Because of that police departments are having to lower the standards. That has everything to do with the anti-cop agenda.

 

Yea and wacko lefty whitey elitist punks bait local poor blacks into destroying their own cities. This event had nothing to do with race nor politics, unless you're telling me the 5 black cops were "far right wing nazi's". That's stupid on its face yet here you are baiting for division. Are you in Memphis or on the travel squad???

 

yes, we all should support good cops
but we should also all want justice for the victims of bad cops

and good cops should protect us from bad cops

 

Seriously, why would anyone want to choose that career path now. This instance is clear, others are not. Others have been life and death situations, the media has brainwashed young men to resist, especially black men so their whitey elitist protestors can come earn a check and bait the masses into destroying their own city. If we're honest you don't see this when cops kill a white person, any black that killed by police the fuse is just waiting to be lit. Even the justified ones. The far left is creating the narrative of civil unrest is somehow benefitting the poor, it's not. There are some in this thread saying every cop is bad and resisting is the only choice, that's dangerous and the very thing that'll get someone on the next video. Say yes sir/mam, do what they say and claim whatever you want in court, that's how you fight.

 

They are scared of getting killed — and even if you disagree with the narrative that black men are more at risk of being killed by the police many young black guys believe this and it influences their behavior.

The way cops were treating him from pretty much their first interaction though — I can see why he would have wanted to escape.

 

bad cops try to escalate situations rather than deescalate, they enjoy the adrenalin rush, the power trip

 

I have family and have dear friends in Memphis, I lived there and grew up close to there. The city has resisted the protestors trying to burn. There were sickening posts/text going around all last week about call to arms blah blah. The city was going to release the video Monday, but all the major downtown hotels were full of antifa type paid WHITE protestors, so they pushed it back until they started leaving. These punks were literally staying in $500 a night hotels, whitey privilege at its finest. They shut the bridges down shortly after dark and tried to rile up downtown. The real Memphians had a march closer to mid-town and it was peaceful and ended around 9pm. Thank God Memphians still have southern value in their city! They weren't putting up with these Soros backed punks who only want to divide and take down capitalism.

Unfortunately, the Delta big cities are all in serious trouble. The corruption has ruined most, and their black leaders have failed them over and over, it's always about enriching themselves. Memphis is now a gang haven, no longer the city of Elvis. Casinos popped up all around them that literally rape the poor making their lives almost unbearable. Memphis has a southern charm; the whites and blacks really never had too much trouble in the 80's-2000. Yes, MLK was killed there but not by a Memphian, unfortunately this has changed, and this generation is bangers, beggars, thieves and thugs. The lefty politicians have done little to nothing to help the poor blacks in the metro it's sad to watch. I am glad to see Memphis immediately arrest and charge these cops. I'm really proud they rejected the lefty whitey elitist trying to incite violence, burning and unrest.

 

I'm more at risk of getting killed by a black man. A black man is more at risk at getting killed by a black man. That doesn't mean I run from every encounter. I've yet to see someone, not resisting get put in cuffs and shot execution style. The best way to disarm a cop with bad motives is to comply under all circumstances. Please don't misunderstand, there are bad apples, and there are more bad apples on the streets that the cops have to deal with and keep from getting killed themselves. If you comply and not run or fight, I bet your odds of survival are around 99%, otherwise probably a coin flip.

 

Now you can’t say that any longer.